Razor-strop



(NoModeL) 1 L. O. TOWER & J.,LAMONT.

RAZIOR STROP. No. 271,997. Patented Feb. 6,1883.

0 On account of this form and arrangement of UNITED STAT S PATENT.OFFICE.

LEWIS O. TOWER AND JOHN LAMONT, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

RAZOR-STROP.

V SPECTFICATTON forming part of Letters Patent No. 271.997, datedFebruary 6, 1883.

l Application filed December 29, 1882. (No model.)

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEwIs G. TOWER and JOHN LAMONT, both of Rochester,in the countyv of Monroe-and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Razor-Strops, which improvement is fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to the class of razor-.

strops having bowed elastic sides, upon which to sharpen the blades ofrazors; and itconsists in parts and their relative arrangement, fullydescribed hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of our improvedrazor-strop, showing the convex form of the sharpening-sides andthemanner in which they are connected with the handle and end block. Fig. 2shows the device viewed as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, with partsbroken and sectioned; and Figs. 3 and 4, other forms of the end blockand the part of the handle contiguous to the sides.

Referring to the parts, A is a fiat curved handle; B, thesharpening-sides; and C, an end block, employed to separate the sides atone end of the strop. The sharpening-sides are composed of thinstrips 1) b, of wood or other flexible material, and leather or textilecoveringsc 0, upon which to sharpen the blades. The sides B are oppositeeach other, and held asunder by apart, d, of the handle and the block 0,both alike in form and size and interposed between the wooden strips atthe respective ends thereof, as shown, said part d and block 0 beingmade tapering or dovetailed, with the thick end of each turned inward ortoward the middle point of the sides.

the interposed parts 0 and (1, when the ends of the strips 1) are heldsecurely down against the inclining sides of said parts by glue andnails a, or other means, thesaid strips are caused to bow outward at themiddle, giving to the'sides the desired curvature and form.

We form some of our improved s'trops with kerfs e in the handles andblocks G, and in-' sert the ends of the wooden strips l) in them, underthe projecting tongues 0, as a means of securing the said ends of thestrips to the inclining sides Of the blocks and handles. When the handleand block are made without the kerfs the ends of the strips b andcoverings c at the handle end of the strop are abutted against shoulders01. n of the handle, and at the opposite end said strips and coveringsare made flush with the outside of the block 0. Strips of cloth or sheetmetal, 8 s, Fig. 3, are secured to the handle and caused to lap over onthe respective ends of the coverings c c, to cover the joints betweenthe ends of said coverings and handle and to assist in staying the partstogether. A' similar strip of cloth or metal, f, Fig. 4, serves to coverthe joints at the end opposite the handle and bind the parts together,as shown.

We claim as our invention- The cgmbination, in a razor-strop, of theopposing bowed strips b b and coverings c a for the strips, with thetapering block (l and bandle'A, the latter being provided with thetapering part d, corresponding to the block 0, said block 0 and part atplaced between the strips 1) b, at the respective ends thereof, andsecured to the latter by suitable means, all substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

. L. O. TOWER.

JOHN LAMONT. Witnesses E. B. WHITMORE, L. O. MoGoNNELL.

